news(C)                         19 June 1992                         news(C)


 Name

    news - print news items

 Syntax

    news [ -a ] [ -n ] [ -s ] [ items ]

 Description

    news is used to keep the user informed of current events.  By convention,
    these events are described by files in the directory /usr/news.

    When invoked without arguments, news prints the contents of all current
    files in /usr/news, the most recent first, with each preceded by an
    appropriate header.  news stores the ``currency'' time as the modifica-
    tion date of a file named .news_time in the user's home directory (the
    identity of this directory is determined by the environment variable
    $HOME); only files more recent than this currency time are considered
    ``current.''

    The -a option causes news to print all items, regardless of currency.  In
    this case, the stored time is not changed.

    The -n option causes news to report the names of the current items
    without printing their contents, and without changing the stored time.

    The -s option causes news to report how many current items exist, without
    printing their names or contents, and without changing the stored time.

    All other arguments are assumed to be specific news items that are to be
    printed.

    If the INTERRUPT key is struck during the printing of a news item, print-
    ing stops and the next item is started.  Another INTERRUPT within one
    second of the first causes the program to terminate.

 Files

    /usr/news/*
    $HOME/.news_time

 See also

    environ(M), profile(M)

 Notes

    This is not an interface for USENET news.

 Standards conformance

    news is conformant with:

    AT&T SVID Issue 2.